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2024/25 Dominic Calvert-Lewin


No one has ever been in for him since he arrived great shot stopper- never been able to control his box imo
DCL is big injury risk - no one to replace him though?

I think he’s happy here mate. I’d imagine all it would take would be a phone call from his agent to see he was looking for a move and would get one.

I think these days it’s impossible to have a perfect keeper, the games changed mate and the keeper position more then most, used to be all about controlling your box, now you can be a ropey shot stopper even as long as you can play sweeper.

I would have firmly been in the sell Dom camp, I don’t think it’s impossible to replace him, he’s not a spotter for me, remember the old feeder and slotter, like Sharp and Linekar - Doms the feeder trying to be a slotter - he never will be though. Hes a big man up front playing without the slotter striker.
 

He does seem happy for sure. I reckon if he had lost his England no1 spot playing for us he'd had gone a while back so thankfully that wasn't an issue

Your England career has a life cycle mate, he must be coming to the end of it soon, if Carsley stays he might get another World Cup cycle, but there is always someone younger who comes through or a manager who wants to build for the future.

I’m not sure if he lost his England spot now he’d leave to be honest - I know your not suggesting that. He has 70 caps as the crow flies, that better than most.
 
Your England career has a life cycle mate, he must be coming to the end of it soon, if Carsley stays he might get another World Cup cycle, but there is always someone younger who comes through or a manager who wants to build for the future.

I’m not sure if he lost his England spot now he’d leave to be honest - I know your not suggesting that. He has 70 caps as the crow flies, that better than most.
True
I was referring more to the often top 6 bias when it comes to the national team and more than a few times we heard pundits suggesting he should leave Everton. Southgate at least in this got it spot on and Pickford has more than proved his worth to England without going anywhere. Think he's with us for the long haul 💪
 
Think we've seen and had the best of DCL. Sure, he may come back into his own with another club, different style of play, better service which he isn't getting here currently but his injury record over the past two seasons doesn't fill me with confidence (although the Villa facial injury was outside his control and came about through his courage in attacking the ball). Reckon his most successful period was playing alongside Richy.
 
He's had a very DCL type start to the season. Looked good on occasions, scored a couple of goals but also missed some chances he should really be scoring and could be the difference between winning and not, especially the one on ones.

Still, 3 goal contributions in 5 games is decent and if he keeps that up it works out to c. 23 over the course of the season. I don't think he will but I do think 15 goal contributions is a target he can match.
 

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